Shel

I keep getting this tumblr ad that's this girl who I recognize as being some incredibly popular TikTok influencer named Miranda or something and what she's saying is "This is the game I play when I just want to get away from my thoughts it's called Monopoly it's based on the classic board game" and then I always scroll passed before it goes further but it drives me insane because this girl's aesthetic is that she is that girl who is like the queen bee popular girl perfect encapsulates everything a Gen Z girlie sets out to be rules the cafeteria/college dining hall oozes that nonchalant cool vibe in the exact way they love and I'm just imagining like being at her school I'm in the dining hall and like oh my gd it's Mandy or whatever her name is the most popular girl on campus and she waves me over to her table I'm so flustered and I try to act cool and I carry my try of grammable meats over to her table and sit totally nonchalant and I say "Oh hey Maggie or whatever watcha doing" and she looks at me and she gives the slightest of smiles she looks me in the eyes like I'm in on something only for the two of us and she says "Oh I'm just playing this game I like to play whenever I want to get away from my thoughts, you know? It's so cool. It's called Monopoly" and she shows me her latest iPhone Pro Max in some trendy case and she's playing fucking shitty CGI monopoly on her phone she's trying to roll doubles to get out of jail she's playing the boot "I always play the boot" she says and I say "That's so cool Nandos. You always know about the best obscure little things nobody has heard of. I'm so glad you share your discoveries with us. I'm going to download Monopoly to my latest iPhone right now. Thanks for the rec. You have so much Rizz." and then I open my phone and instead of downloading monopoly I take a picture of my lunchmeats to post on Instagram, making sure I get just a bit of Mandela Effect herself in frame so everyone can see or speculate that I'm eating at the same table as Moravia and then I quietly sit there eating my meats and we do not talk or look at each other at all for the rest of lunch.